Släkthistoria för Orwell
Orwell Vad efternamn betyder
for the name in Staffs and Shrops see Horwell. in E Anglia and SE England from Orwell (Cambs) which is recorded as Ordeuuelle in 1086 and derives from Old English ord ‘point corner of land promontory’ + wella ‘well spring stream’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
